PRAYER FOR FAITH IN THE REAL PRESENCE

A CONTRACT WITH JESUS

BEFORE COMMUNION
PRAYER BY AN OLD LADY
O MOST HOLY GOD
WHAT SHALL I GIVE THEE?
OFFERING OF ONESELF
TO OUR LADY OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT
TO JESUS ABANDONED IN THE TABERNACLE
TO JESUS FORSAKEN
APPEAL FOR PARDON
ACT OF REPARATION

Prayers from the Father Stedman Jesus, Mary Joseph Novena Manual:


PRAYER FOR FAITH IN THE REAL PRESENCE

WE COME to Thee, dear Lord, like the Apostles, saying: "INCREASE OUR FAITH."

Give us a VIVID FAITH, that Thou art really present in the Blessed Sacrament, a STRONG and ACTIVE
FAITH that we may live by it.

Give us the FAITH of Thy beloved disciple, John, to recognize Thee and say: "It is the Lord." "My God
and my All!"

Give us the FAITH of Peter to fall on our knees and confess: "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the Living
God."

Give us the FAITH of Mary Magdalen to fall at Thy Feet, crying, "Rabboni, Master!"

Give us the FAITH of the father of the sick boy, that FAITH which Thou didst reward with a miracle
when he cried out in tears, "I do believe, Lord! help my unbelief."

Give us the FAITH of all Thy Saints to whom the Blessed Sacrament was Heaven begun on earth.

In every Communion and at every visit, increase our FAITH, our LOVE, our HUMILITY, our
REVERENCE, and all good things will come to us. Dearest Lord, INCREASE OUR FAITH.


A CONTRACT WITH JESUS

O JESU! my Savior, I desire above all things to show my love for Thee and for my neighbor, loved by
Thee; to praise Thee as far as lies within my power and to make Thy Kingdom come amongst men.
Therefore, I make the following contract. I shall try to remain faithful to it to the end of my life.

WHEREAS: FIRST I propose in my EVERY LOOK to consecrate myself entirely to Thee, to see Thee
through the eyes of faith, in all creatures and in all things of earth.

SECOND I propose in EVERY THROB OF MY HEART to prove that I love Thee enough to detach myself
from sin and its occasions; and in all my human loves to love them through Thee.

THIRD I propose that EVERY BREATH I breathe shall be in praise of Thee, my Giver of Eternal Life. O,
breathe Thy Grace abundantly upon my heart, and on all men's hearts, thereby to establish Thy Reign
amongst us.

FOURTH I propose, finally, O my Jesus, in every act of my soul and in every action of my body, to
unite with Thee in Thy Sacrifice of love on Calvary and in Thy continued Sacrifice in all the Masses
that have been, are being, or will be celebrated, all the merits of Thy Passion and Death, and the
merits for all of us in the holy life and sufferings of Thy Blessed Mother and of all the Saints. Accept
these offerings, O Merciful Jesus, in adoration of Thy Divine Majesty, as reparation for all sins, as
thanksgiving for all of God's gifts and graces, for the conversion of infidels and sinners, for the
perseverance of the just and the deliverance of the Souls in Purgatory.

O JESUS, deign to accept and confirm this contract. Amen.


BEFORE COMMUNION

COME, O JESUS! My poor soul calls for Thee and awaits Thee. Comfort my poor soul distressed. Come
and dwell within my breast. My Savior, Jesus, come to me. With all my heart I long for Thee. Most
firmly I believe in Thee. Most truthfully I hope in Thee. Most ardently I love Thee. Then come, O
Jesus, come to me. Let me receive Thy BODY, so weary with suffering, so tortured to save me. Let me
receive Thy BLOOD, Which agony for me pressed from Thy Brow in the Garden and Which Thou didst
shed for love of me, every step of the Way of Thy Cross. Let me receive Thy SOUL, so sweet, and
strong, meek and compassionate. Let It lift my soul to Thee.

Come, dear Jesus, with Thy DIVINITY. Print Thy Divine Image on my soul, and make it holy through
Thy grace.

Every day I need Thy LIGHT to guide me in the way God wants me to go. Come, then, O my Host, and
day by day enlighten my soul with Thy Divine Grace.

Every day I need Thy STRENGTH to fulfill God's reason for my creation. Come, O my Host, and give
me strength to set aside every obstacle in following Thee.

In my trials and afflictions of every day, come, O my Host, and give me patience and resignation.

In the duties and obligations which every day brings, come, O my Host, and give me strength to be
faithful to them.

Every day I ought to do good about me, to set good example to my neighbors, perhaps to console
and counsel them. Come, then, O my Host, day by day, and inspire me with Thy Divine Charity.

Every day is full of temptations and I am weak. Come, O my Host, and day by day renew my powers;
raise me up from my falls; purify me from my faults.

O ]ESUS,when dawns the day which shall be my last, come to me as my Divine Friend. Come to me as
my Host for the last time on earth so that, having begun every day of my life on earth with Thee, I
may also begin the day of eternity that shall never end with Thee. Amen.


PRAYER BY AN OLD LADY

MY LOVING LORD, a thousand welcomes! O Son of Mary, I love Thee, indeed I do. Who am I at all
that Thou shouldst come next or near me? O God of Heaven! make a little corner for me in Thy
Heart, and never, while there's life in me, let me lose my place there, and after death may I still hide
there. Amen.

Have pity on me, O Blessed Mother! Talk to my God for me. Tell Him I'm a poor ignorant creature,
full of nothing but sin and misery; but that I love thee, His Own dear Mother; and that I am a poor
follower of Him, and for thy sweet sake, to help and pity me. Amen.


O MOST HOLY GOD

O MOST HOLY GOD, I adoreThee, through the Adorable Sacrament of the Altar, and I offer Thee,
through the holy hands of the Immaculate Virgin Mary, all the consecrated Hosts on our Altars as a
sacrifice of expiation, reparation, and atonement for all the sacrileges, profanations, impieties,
blasphemies, and crimes committed against Thee throughout the universe.


WHAT SHALL I GIVE THEE?

I HAVE RECEIVED into my heart, Jesus Christ, His Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity! I begin this day as
a day in Heaven. He is in my soul, the Divine Infant in the crib, the growing Boy at Nazareth, the
Messiah acclaimed by crowds on the roads of Galilee, the Miracle Worker Who performed such
prodigies, the Martyr Who completed His Sacrifice on Calvary.

He is in me. What more can I desire when I possess Jesus?

And now, O good Master! what shall I give Thee in exchange for Thy visit . . .? I would like to give
Thee a soul all sparkling with purity and sincerity, but mine is afflicted with so many miseries!

I would like to pray to Thee with the burning words of Thy Mother and her court of Heaven, but I feel
riveted to earthly things . . .

I would like to offer Thee courageous loyalty to my Baptismal Vows and Confirmation Graces, but,
alas, I have so often been disloyal . . .

I would like, at least, to have a desire for the Christian life, but I allow myself to be discouraged by my
failures . . .

O good Jesus! I have nothing to give Thee, and Thou hast given Everything; Thou hast given Thyself to
me. I can only join my poor voice in the chorus of praise to Thee, rising out of all the works of Thy
Creation here on earth . . .

With the majesty of the mountains, the immensity of the desert, the roar of the ocean, the fury of
the storm, I shall praise Thy Power!

With the flowers of the field, the colors of the rainbow, the whiteness of the snow, the blue of the
skies, I shall praise Thy Beauty!

With the fruits of the earth, the air I breathe, the light I see, the life I enjoy, I shall praise Thy
Goodness.

With the splendor of the stars, the rays of the sun, the moon's pale light, the depths of space, I shall
praise Thine Immensity.

With millions and millions now living on earth, I shall praise Thy Mercy!

May our voices unite with the billions of those who inhabited the earth before us, and out of whose
dust the beauty of nature perpetually rises to praise Thy Glory!

May an infinite concert of voices from cottages and palaces, from fields and forests, from towns and
deserts, from workshops and cathedrals, from earth and from Heaven, from time and from eternity,
arise to give my thanks unto Thee! Amen.


OFFERING OF ONESELF

ACCEPT, O Lord, this offering of my liberty, memory, understanding and will. All that I am and have,
Thou hast given me. I want to restore everything to Thee, O Lord. Dispose of me as it shall please
Thee. All that I ask is Thy Grace and Thy Love. With these alone I shall be rich enough. I ask for
nothing more.


TO OUR LADY OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

O VIRGINMARY, Our Lady of the IBlessed Sacrament, glory of the Catholic people; joy of the universal
Church; salvation of the world; pray for us, and arouse among the faithful everywhere such devotion
to the Most Holy Eucharist, as will make them worthy to receive It every day.


TO JESUS ABANDONED IN THE TABERNACLE

Ask Mary, who was entirely faithful to Jesus in His earthly life, when He was the tortured object of so much
ignorance, indifference, defiance: Ask Mary to direct your prayers to some neglected or abandoned Tabernacle
somewhere in the world. Spread the word about this devotion to others, so that there may be not one
Abandoned Tabernacle in the whole world.

WITH Mary Immaculate, let us Adore, thank, implore and console the Most Beloved and Sacred Heart
of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.

O DIVINE JESUS! lonely tonight in so many Tabernacles, without visitor or worshipper . . . I offer Thee
my poor heart. May its every throb be an act of Love for Thee! Thou art always watching beneath the
Sacramental Veils, in Thy Love Thou dost never sleep and Thou art never weary of Thy vigil for
sinners. O lonely Jesus! May the flame of my heart burn and beam always in company with Thee. O
Sacrament most Holy! O Sacrament Divine! All praise and all thanksgiving be every moment Thine!


TO JESUS FORSAKEN

SWEET JESUS! For how many ages hast Thou hung upon Thy Cross and still men pass Thee by and
regard Thee not!

How often have I passed Thee by, heedless of Thy great Sorrow, Thy many Wounds, Thine infinite
Love!

How often have I stood before Thee, not to comfort and console Thee, but to add to Thy Sorrows, to
deepen Thy Wounds, to spurn Thy Love!

Thou hast stretched forth Thy Hands to raise me up, and I have taken those Hands and bent them
back on the Cross.

Thou hast loved me with an infinite love, and I have taken advantage of that love to sin the more
against Thee.

My ingratitude has pierced Thy Sacred Heart, and Thy Heart responds only with an outpouring of Thy
Love in Thy Precious Blood.

Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy on me.


APPEAL FOR PARDON

ACCEPT, O Lord, this appeal for pardon wrung from our afflicted and repentant souls, and in true
sorrow for our sins and the sins of our relatives and friends.

We ask Pardon, O Divine Heart! for public scandals and evil living, for all who try to stir up disorder,f
or all who corrupt Thy little ones, for those who spend their youth and fortune in sensuous living, for
crimes in families, the sins of parents and children.

We ask Pardon, O Divine Heart! for those who traffic in public crime, for those who lead and lure
souls to eternal damnation by riches and corrupt literature, for those who excite evil passions by
immodest fashions, corrupt plays and degenerate art.

We ask Pardon, O Divine Heart! for all attacks against our Holy Father the Pope, for all organized
disobedience against Holy Mother the Church, for all weak and straying souls, for sinners who resist
grace, for all abuse of the Sacraments or any outrage against the Holy Eucharist. Amen.


ACT OF REPARATION

O GOOD JESUS, in gratitude for Thy many Graces, and in sorrow for many abuses of these Graces, I
wish at this moment, both for myself, ever ungrateful, and for the world, ever criminal, to make an
Act of Solemn Reparation.

Listen then, O merciful Savior of our souls, listen to these Acts of Faith, to these expressions of
sorrow:
For the irreverence we have committed in the House of God I wish to make reparation.

For our careless and distracted attendance at Sunday Mass I wish to make reparation.

For our lack of preparation before, and our poor thanksgiving after Holy Communion I wish to make
reparation.

For our failure to co-operate with Thy daily Graces I wish to make reparation.

For our sins of pride, sensuality and of our entire life I wish to make reparation.

For our bad example and the sins we have caused in others I wish to make reparation.

For our tragic indifference to Thy words of Holy Scripture and to the words of our Holy Father the
Pope
I wish to make reparation.

For the deplorable untruths of heresy, for all deserters and apostates I wish to make reparation.

For the pleasure-seeking and money-mad profaners of the Lord's Day I wish to make reparation.

For the sacrilegious treatment of Thy churches and Altars I wish to make reparation.

For the diabolical agents of Hell, ever seeking whom they may devour I wish to make reparation.

For the heartbreaking outrages committed by those who should be Thy greatest consolation
I wish to make reparation.

"O Love neglected! O Goodness but too little known."